But that cannot prevent read access on a per-directory basis. I appreciate now that's not what you were referring to. I did find http://gitolite.com/gitolite/l

But that cannot prevent read access on a per-directory basis. I appreciate now that's not what you were referring to. I did find http://gitolite.com/gitolite/list-non-core/#partial-copy-selective-read-control-for-branches http://gitolite.com/gitolite/list-non-core/#partial-copy-sel... which seems to almost do what I wanted but that'll quickly explode to many copies of copies for any non-trivial situation. I know git can't do what I'm asking but every now and then something comes along and I gives me some hope before reality sets in.